Apply for UK State Pension

Hi

you should have been sent a letter showing you how to apply

I had to jump through many hoops when i applied for mine last year but some other members just made a simple phone call

try checking UK pension in search on here

peter

I did not receive a letter so I phoned. Nice chap answered and he filled out the form over the phone for me in about 10mins. Pension arrived in my bank on the correct day

Fastest way is to ring them, as mentioned above all sorted in a few minutes.

Have your details to hand ie NI number etc and the application should be painless.

My wife applied for her pension last year. We live in Spain permanently and all it took was a phone call to the relevant department and all sorted within 10 mins.

Steve 

Hi, I never received a letter and just filled out the international form on line. Very easy. 2-3 months before you birthday. 11 days after my birthday I received a part payment, 28 days later a full payment. Hope this helps 👍

The international form is asking for all sorts of original documents to be posted back to the UK to verify the claim- did you have to do that? Thanks for your help 

Just ring them up, I did it about three weeks ago, pension due to start end of  September.  As you live overseas you can apply 4 months before your birthday. As Steve says it took about 10 minutes. You need your NI number, your partners NI number and your bank details. If you’re wanting to be paid into a Spanish bank, you’ll need the Swift code as well as the IBAN number. Yes they ask loads of questions and lots are duplicated, but you are just verifying the information they already have on record.  You do get asked for  some weird and wonderful information, but if you’ve got the form to hand then you’ll know what information they’ll ask. I didn’t have a form, but fortunately managed to remember the right dates.

I got a text message the following day to say my request had been approved.  The whole process from phone call to approval was less then 24 hours

Lynn

I only sent back marriage certificate and birth certificate with the form. The two documents were returned within 3 weeks. I was very very vague about my work history, as I was a temp in the UK working all over the place for 18 months and I’ve been asleep since then 🙄. So I was NOT precise with dates. But they know when you have worked and what contributions you have paid in, because I looked at mine on the website with my gateway number 👍

Thanks, guys, for all the help and advice. Applies by phone today and it was a skoosh. I'm very grateful to you all